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species Guyanhyrida demeraraensis (Lea, 1859): synonymy

20 specimens + 2 GenBank vouchers

Synonymy

Unio demararaensis Lea, 1859

(incorrect original spelling of Unio demeraraensis Lea, 1859)
Lea, 1859. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 11: 152.
Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 36, Corridenda et Addenda.

Diplodon (s.s.) demararaensis [sic]Simpson (1900)
Diplodon (s.s.) demeraraensisSimpson (1914)
Diplodon suavidicusHaas (1930), Bieler (2021)
Diplodon (s.s.) suavidicusHaas (1969)

image of type lot

Unio demeraraensis Lea, 1859

(correct name for Unio demararaensis Lea, 1859)
Lea, 1859. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 11: 152 [as ‘demararaensis’].
specimen image from publicationLea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 253 [71], pl. 39, fig. 133.
Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: Corridenda et Addenda.
Type(s): TYPE BMNH_1964141, Demerara.

Diplodon (s.s.) demararaensis [sic]Simpson (1900)
Diplodon (s.s.) demeraraensisSimpson (1914)
Diplodon rhombeusParodiz (1968)
Rhipidodonta suavidicaSimone (2006)
Diplodon demeraraensisGraf et al. (2015), Santos-Neto et al. (2016), Bolotov et al. (2016), Wu et al. (2021)
Diplodon suavidicusHuang et al. (2019), Bieler (2021), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)
Guyanhyrida demeraraensisPrié et al. (2026)

Diplodon suavidicus ‘Lea’ of Authors

(misidentified reference to Unio suavidicus Lea, 1856)
‘Lea’ of Authors.
Bolotov et al., 2017. Sci. Repts. 7: Table S1.
Bolotov et al., 2017. Sci. Repts. 7: Table S1.
Konopleva et al., 2017. Systemat. Biodiv. 15(3): 208.
Huang et al., 2019. MPE 130: Table S4.

Unio demarasensis Paetel, 1890

(error for Unio demeraraensis Lea, 1859)
‘Lea’ Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 150.

Diplodon (s.s.) demararaensis [sic]Simpson (1900)
Diplodon (s.s.) demeraraensisSimpson (1914)

Unio demerarensis Parodiz, 1968

(error for Unio demeraraensis Lea, 1859)
‘Lea’ Parodiz, 1968. Sterkiana 30: 4.

Rhipidodonta demarcaraensis Simone, 2006

(error for Unio demeraraensis Lea, 1859)
‘Lea’ Simone, 2006. Land. Freshw. Moll. Brazil.: 271.

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Diplodon (s.s.) demararaensis [sic]Simpson (1900)
Diplodon (s.s.) demeraraensisSimpson (1914)
Diplodon suavidicusHaas (1930), Huang et al. (2019), Bieler (2021), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)
Diplodon rhombeusParodiz (1968)
Diplodon (s.s.) suavidicusHaas (1969)
Rhipidodonta suavidicaSimone (2006)
Diplodon demeraraensisGraf et al. (2015), Santos-Neto et al. (2016), Bolotov et al. (2016), Wu et al. (2021)
“Diplodon suavidicus” **Bolotov et al. (2017), Bolotov et al. (2017), Konopleva et al. (2017), Huang et al. (2019)
Guyanhyrida demeraraensisPrié et al. (2026)